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Before going out to his work, Hartley had a little talk in private with Walter.
Fearing he might be inconvenienced from want of money -- having heard him say, at their first meeting on Westminster Bridge, that he had none -- the worthy stonemason, with great consideration, volunteered to lend him five pounds, on the simple understanding that this sum was to be repaid when Walter had earned so much wages.